Admission of excessive FPS gaming habits.
Admission of excessive FPS gaming habits.
Game speed is important to us. We enjoy when we see a high frame rate and feel frustrated when it's low. I used to focus more on the FPS display than actually playing. Around 30 frames per second is what I think is enough for fun, and I’d get really upset if it fell below that. I don’t want to start with a 60 FPS minimum just because of someone else’s expectations. Even back in the day, we played Doom at 18 FPS and it was great! If the rate dropped under 45, I’d panic. Now I’m realizing my experience didn’t suffer much when I wasn’t checking the counter. As long as it doesn’t play a video, it’s okay. In fact, I’m trying to enjoy games more instead of using them to measure performance. I’ll get used to lower settings over time.
As long as the game runs smoothly it's fine. For an FPS I don't really like 30fps, but I played Assassin's Creed Black Flag on medium at 30fps on my laptop during a holiday and it worked well. I still play on consoles, and I have low-powered machines that can't handle 120fps 4k every second. It all comes down to the games. Still, I like my games to run at 1440p 60hz whenever possible for the best experience.
Playing many games at high frame rates causes noticeable drops in smoothness. I notice the frame rate falling from 60 without even checking my counter. Now 30 feels quite uneven, and it seems like 20 years ago I couldn’t distinguish between 30 and 60 frames.
I just enjoy CSGO, but right now I need 250+ frames per second at 60fps to play smoothly.
Some solid titles work well at 30 frames per second, though it often feels more suited for consoles than PCs. That’s probably not a mistake—maybe the hardware tweaks help. The idea that consoles are magically boosting performance isn’t quite right.
Very few console games. For them, 30 frames per second is the limit.